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Dictionary of music, 1900
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1sonatas for two violins and bass with a canon, 2 books of sonatas for two violins, 12 "Concertini" for solo violin, two ripieni violins, violetta, 'cello, and continuo; 12 sonatas for violin and organ bass, 6 "Divertissements" for two violins, "L'arte di nuova modulazione" (Concerti grossi for principal violin, two concertante violins, two ripieni violins, violetta, 'cello, and continuo), "Contrasto armonico" (ditto), and a violin Method: "Grammatica di musica…a suonar il violino" (only known in MS. copies; the French and English translations, however, are printed), merely a practical educational work with few theoretical prescripts.
3Tessitura (Ital.), a term to indicate the average position of the notes of a song or instrumental piece, with regard to the voice or instrument for which it was written.
5Testore, Italian family of violin-makers, the father, Carlo Giuseppe (1690–1715), and two sons, Carlo Antonio and Pietro Antonio (1715–45); the father, pupil of Grancino, whose instruments are similar, made excellent 'celli and basses (Bottesini's favourite bass was a T.). The two sons imitated Joseph Guarneri's violins.
7Testudo (Lat.), the Roman lyre; from the 15th–17th centuries same as lute.
9Tetrachord. (See Greek Music.)
11Teyber (Tayber), (1) Anton, b. Sept. 8, 1754, Vienna, d. there Nov. 18, 1822; at first member of the Dresden Court band, in 1792 cembalo-player at the Vienna Court Opera and adjunct of Salieri, in 1793 "k. k. Kammerkompositeur" and teacher of music to the imperial children. He wrote: sacred pieces, pf. works, a melodrama, an oratorio, stringed quartets, etc.
13(2) Franz, brother of the former, b. Nov. 15, 1756, Vienna, d. there Oct. 22, 1810; he first conducted Schikaneder's Opera Company in its wanderings through South Germany and Switzerland, and afterwards at Vienna. Shortly before his death he was named royal imperial organist (Vogler thought highly of him as an organist). T. wrote a number of operas and vaudevilles (Alexander [1800], Der Schlaftrunk, Scheradin und Almanzor, Der Telegraph, Pfändung und Personalarrest, Die Zerstreute, Das Spinnerkreuz am Wienerberge [1807], Die Dorfdeputierten, L'arragio di Benevento, etc.), also an oratorio, songs, church pieces, etc.
15Thadewaldt, Hermann, the founder and president of the "Allgemeiner deutscher Musikerverband" (1872), b. April 8, 1827, Bodenhagen (Pomerania); he was from 1850–51 military bandmaster at Düsseldorf, and from 1853–55 conductor at the Dieppe Baths. From 1857–69 he conducted a band of his own at Berlin, and in 1871 directed the concerts at the Zoological Gardens. Since the foundation of the above-named society T. has devoted the whole of his interest to it.
17Thalberg, Sigismund, one of the most famous pianoforte players, and also a brilliant composer for his instrument, b. Jan. 7, 1812, Geneva, d. April 27, 1871, Naples; he was the natural son of Prince Moritz Dietrichstein and Baroness v. Wetzlar, and received his training at Vienna under Sechter and Hummel; but, according to his own statement, the chief bassoon-player of the Vienna Court Opera was his real pianoforte-teacher. At the age of fifteen T. was so advanced that he attracted attention in Viennese private circles. In 1830 he undertook his first concert tour through Germany and speedily made a name; at that time he composed his pf. concerto (Op. 5). His first compositions (Op. 1–3, fantasias on themes from Euryanthe, on a Scottish melody, on themes from the Siège de Corinth) had already appeared in 1828. In 1835 he took Paris by storm, and in 1836 competed honourably with Liszt, and went in triumph through Belgium, Holland, England, and Russia. In 1855 he went to Brazil, in 1856 to North America, purchased a villa at Naples in 1858, and lived for some years in retirement. In 1862 he resumed his art tours, and went to Paris, London, and in 1863, again to Brazil. From the following year up to his death he lived at Naples. T. was the son-in-law of Lablache; his daughter, Zara T., is a singer gifted with a fine voice. T. solely worshipped virtuosity, and hence did not fulfil the promise given by his earlier compositions. Chord passages divided between the two hands, and enclosing a melody, form a speciality of T.'s writing; by this very brilliant effect he dazzled the public until it became common property. He published: a pf. concerto (E♭, Op. 5), a grand sonata (Op. 56), a divertissement (F minor, Op. 7), 2 caprices (Op. 15, 19), 6 nocturnes (Op. 16, 21, 28), Grande fantaisie (Op. 22), 12 études (Op. 26), scherzo (Op. 31), andante (Op. 32), La cadence (Op. 36, étude), romance and étude (Op. 38), "Thème original et étude" (Op. 45), waltzes (Op. 4, 47), Decameron musical (Op. 57, études), funeral march with variations (Op. 59), "Apothéose" (fantasia on Berlioz' Triumphal March, Op. 58), and a great number of fantasias on operatic airs from Mozart (Don Giovanni), Weber, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Bellini, Auber, Donizetti, etc., on "God Save the Queen," and "Rule Britannia," etc. As an opera composer he failed twice (Florinda [London, 1851] and Cristina de Suezia [Vienna, 1855]).
19Thallon, Robert, b. March 18, 1852, Liverpool; he went as a child to America (1854), studied music from 1864–76 at Stuttgart, Leipzig, Paris, and Florence, and has lived since then at Brooklyn (New York), distinguished both as organist and music teacher.
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